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1: Blaise Pascal and my great great grandfathers' great uncle, Henry, were the best of friends. They're friendship began in Clermont-Ferrand, France in the year 1623.

2: Blaise had always enjoyed mathematics and philosophy. He liked it so much that he decided to make it his career. He was a great teacher. He taught Henry everything he knew about math.

4: My great great grandfather told my father about a time when Blaise went through a very hard time. But he was able to pull through it when Henry helped him realize that there was a very special man that could help him.

5: That person was a saving Jesus Christ.

7: Some of his closest friends were Pierre Corneille, Amos Dettonville, Pierre de Carcavy,. Evangelista Torricelli, Pierre de Fermat, and Henry.

8: One day when Henry was trying to solve a difficult math equation, inspiration struck Blaise.

9: He invented Pascal's triangle, which is a very unique way to solve mathematical problems. This was the biggest accomplishment he ever achieved! Believe it or not, Blaise never had any big failures!

10: Henry loved to read, so he asked Blaise to write him a book. That was where his writing career started. Blaise was inspired by mystical experiences that he and Henry had gone through.

11: Henry was a writer, mathematician, and philosopher.

12: Mr. Pascal taught Blaise and Henry because he and Henry's father disapproved the customs of every school. Although he wasn't a school teacher, he must have taught Blaise and Henry well, for Blaise grew to be the greatest mathematician of all time.

13: Blaise is viewed as a great person because he invented things to make everyday things easer to understand or do.

14: Although his best friend found true love and married...

15: Blaise never did.

17: Blaise was the only boy in his family. He had three sisters.

18: Rumor has it that Blaise invented the first public bus and Roulette!